culling

Example Sentences

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“ET” has long been culling the archives for the career retrospectives that air on weekends under the title “ET Vault Unlocked,” which are also available on demand through YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

One infection was detected on his farm, leading to the preventive culling of 700 sheep.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

"Thorough culling" to reduce the number of bears is the only effective way to reduce the risk for local people, researcher Ohnishi said.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

My father took a few days off to shoot duck, and then put the culling board back on the Portia Sue and headed out for oysters.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson